diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 61e33753d15..1111385c417 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -32,9 +32,7 @@
     "react-ace": "5.5.0",
     "serve": "6.3.1",
     "tabbable": "1.1.0",
-    "uuid": "3.1.0"
-  },
-  "devDependencies": {
+    "uuid": "3.1.0",
     "@elastic/eslint-config-kibana": "0.13.0",
     "autoprefixer": "7.1.5",
     "babel-cli": "6.26.0",
diff --git a/scripts/compile-clean.sh b/scripts/compile-clean.sh
index 5b0f27d423b..c7b31970d5f 100755
--- a/scripts/compile-clean.sh
+++ b/scripts/compile-clean.sh
@@ -2,4 +2,14 @@
 
 set -e
 
-rm -rf dist lib
+eui="$(pwd)"
+
+while getopts 'e:' arg
+do
+  case ${arg} in
+    e) eui=${OPTARG};;
+    *) return 1 # illegal option
+  esac
+done
+
+rm -rf "${eui}/dist" "${eui}/lib"
diff --git a/scripts/compile-eui.sh b/scripts/compile-eui.sh
index ebcd05a63bb..f5b1fdb1cc9 100755
--- a/scripts/compile-eui.sh
+++ b/scripts/compile-eui.sh
@@ -2,11 +2,21 @@
 
 set -e
 
+eui="$(pwd)"
+
+while getopts 'e:' arg
+do
+  case ${arg} in
+    e) eui=${OPTARG};;
+    *) return 1 # illegal option
+  esac
+done
+
 compile_lib() {
   local color_green="\033[0;32m"
   local color_reset="\033[0m"
 
-  mkdir -p lib/components lib/services lib/test
+  mkdir -p "${eui}/lib/components" "${eui}/lib/services" "${eui}/lib/test"
 
   # We use tput below to save the cursor position, then restore it later in
   # order to overwrite "processing" messages.
@@ -15,30 +25,30 @@ compile_lib() {
   echo -n "  Compiling src/ to lib/ " >&2
   babel \
     --quiet \
-    --out-dir=lib \
+    --out-dir="${eui}/lib" \
     --ignore "**/webpack.config.js,**/*.test.js" \
-    src
+    "${eui}/src"
   tput rc
   echo -e "${color_green}✔ Finished compiling src/ to lib/${color_reset}" >&2
 
   # Also copy over SVGs. Babel has a --copy-files option but that brings over
   # all kinds of things we don't want into the lib folder.
-  mkdir -p lib/components/icon/assets
-  for SVG in $(cd src && find components -name \*.svg); do
-    cp "src/$SVG" "lib/$SVG"
+  mkdir -p "${eui}/lib/components/icon/assets"
+  for SVG in $(cd "${eui}/src" && find components -name \*.svg); do
+    cp "${eui}/src/$SVG" "${eui}/lib/$SVG"
   done
 
   echo -e "${color_green}✔ Finished copying SVGs${color_reset}" >&2
 }
 
 compile_bundle() {
-  mkdir -p dist
+  mkdir -p "${eui}/dist"
 
   echo -e "\nBuilding bundle...\n" >&2
-  webpack --config=src/webpack.config.js
+  webpack --config="${eui}/src/webpack.config.js"
 
   echo -e "\nBuilding minified bundle...\n" >&2
-  NODE_ENV=production webpack --config=src/webpack.config.js
+  NODE_ENV=production webpack --config="${eui}/src/webpack.config.js"
 }
 
 compile_lib
diff --git a/scripts/compile-scss.sh b/scripts/compile-scss.sh
index 71cb0952952..a59da8c6eee 100755
--- a/scripts/compile-scss.sh
+++ b/scripts/compile-scss.sh
@@ -2,9 +2,22 @@
 
 set -e
 
-mkdir -p dist
+eui="$(pwd)"
 
-for THEME in src/theme_*.scss; do
-  node-sass "$THEME" > "dist/eui_$(basename "$THEME" .scss).css"
-  postcss --replace --config src-docs/postcss.config.js "dist/eui_$(basename "$THEME" .scss).css"
+while getopts 'e:' arg
+do
+  case ${arg} in
+    e) eui=${OPTARG};;
+    *) return 1 # illegal option
+  esac
+done
+
+mkdir -p "${eui}/dist"
+
+src="${eui}/src/theme_*.scss"
+
+for THEME in $src; do
+  dest="${eui}/dist/eui_$(basename "$THEME" .scss).css"
+  node-sass "$THEME" > "$dest"
+  postcss --replace --config "${eui}/src-docs/postcss.config.js" "$dest"
 done
diff --git a/scripts/compile.sh b/scripts/compile.sh
index aa4766405ae..1c37d089d71 100755
--- a/scripts/compile.sh
+++ b/scripts/compile.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,16 @@
 
 set -e
 
-./scripts/compile-clean.sh
-./scripts/compile-scss.sh
-./scripts/compile-eui.sh
+eui="$(pwd)"
+
+while getopts 'e:' arg
+do
+  case ${arg} in
+    e) eui=${OPTARG};;
+    *) return 1 # illegal option
+  esac
+done
+
+"${eui}/scripts/compile-clean.sh"
+"${eui}/scripts/compile-scss.sh"
+"${eui}/scripts/compile-eui.sh"
diff --git a/src/webpack.config.js b/src/webpack.config.js
index d506d0b336d..2874f34c7de 100644
--- a/src/webpack.config.js
+++ b/src/webpack.config.js
@@ -43,11 +43,11 @@ module.exports = {
     loaders: [{
       test: /\.js$/,
       loader: 'babel-loader',
-      exclude: /node_modules/
+      include: path.resolve(__dirname, '../src'),
     }, {
       test: /\.scss$/,
       loaders: ['style-loader', 'css-loader', 'postcss-loader', 'sass-loader'],
-      exclude: /node_modules/
+      include: path.resolve(__dirname, '../src'),
     }, {
       test: /\.(woff|woff2|ttf|eot|ico|png|gif|jpg|jpeg)(\?|$)/,
       loader: 'file-loader',